Holy moley I’ve missed this station! I’m so glad it’s back, and it’s just as great as I remember. When I first moved to Chicago as a kid, this was the only station I could get on my portable radio, and I fell in love with smooth jazz because of it. ...
So I had to research baseball and jazz. I found three songs, but only one that fits the bill for us smooth jazz fans. It’s a bossa nova for which pianist Dave Frishberg wrote both the lyrics and melody. Released in 1969, it was entitled "Van Lingle Mungo." The other song was cal...
Enjoy the calming melodies of smooth jazz after a long day in Chicago, IL. TJ Conner is a jazz musician who is making waves in this classical music style.
JSHOP students discover 6 keys to journalistic success during WBEZ Radio tour August 2, 20240 By Laila Dyer and Jada Strong NABJ JSHOP Reporters Many may recall WBEZ as Chicago’s “smooth jazz station,” but it’s[...] For teens, by teens: True Star Media shines light on Chicago’s ...
Previous Format: Not On Air (Stunting With Christmas Music) New Format: Smooth Jazz “The Groove 103.9” Date & Time Of Change: December 26, 2014 at 12:00am More Info: RadioInsight Aircheck Contributed by Jeremy Andrews Chicago WKQX Relaunches As 101WKQX ...
Previous Format: Not On Air (Stunting With Christmas Music) New Format: Smooth Jazz “The Groove 103.9” Date & Time Of Change: December 26, 2014 at 12:00am More Info: RadioInsight Aircheck Contributed by Jeremy Andrews Chicago WKQX Relaunches As 101WKQX ...
"Smooth Criminal" jam was money in the bank. Yet, I felt like there was a lot of room to improve, especially considering the Chicago Mass Choir was going to make an appearance. Where there wasn't room to improve, however, was in the sound quality department. Remember how I bashed ...
In October 1969, Columbia had re-tested the waters by releasing “Beginnings” as a single, but AM radio still wasn’t interested, and the record failed to chart. All of this changed, however, when the label excerpted two songs, “Make Me Smile” and “Colour My World,” from Pankow’...
Scott Duff is a Chicago based comic, radio host, and professional gay. He is the host/producer ofOUT CHICAGO,a weekly live talk show for the LGBT community airing Sundays from11am-1pmon WCPT, Chicago’s Progressive Talk AM & FM, as well as a founding member of About Face Theatre, Chic...
know enough about nazi bands to stretch it even a half hour. Our station boasted a broadcast range “from Evanston to Uptown” … maybe… if the weather conditions were right. Even if the little tinny boombox in the projection booth was the only one tuned to our show, we were radio ...